19 months at maintenance. the interesting part starts after the loss stops.
long term. That is the whole post, but I will justify it. Everything else people worry about in c/intlshipping is downstream of it. Titration speed, muscle cramps, the endless dose arguments — most of it resolves if you sort long term out first, and almost nobody does. I say this having got it wrong for 22 months. My…
food noise returns but not always immediately
The plateau is real and boring. 16 weeks at the same weight, then movement again. Patience was the intervention.
The plateau is real and boring.
Yes, exactly this, and it is the bit that took me 62 weeks to accept.
Not to be pedantic but regain and lowest effective dose are being used interchangeably and they are not interchangeable in real life.
the plateau is where the learning happens
Tried the lowest-effective approach. 1.7mg worked for 6 weeks, then cravings returned. 2.5mg was the actual floor.